(May 17, 2013 at 11:01 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22526252
Quote:Quiverfull families tend to believe in male headship - the principle, also derived from the Bible, that men should lead households.
Ive never heard of this "quiverfull" thing before, but that men head families is not derived from the Bible, but a simple fact of reality.
Men dominate women, as naturally as breathing, because men are physically superior to women. (this doesnt mean they are not equals; it only means men are physically superior - but thats quite a significant superiority).
Ergo, it is natural that men take positions of authority over women, including as head of a household.
Of course, thats a very traditional way to look at it, and in modern times we do not think of someone being in charge, but of men and women being a team (which is how things should work).
But ultimately, any power or authority women do have, its not because they took it themselves, its because men chose to share it with them. (which is again how things should be done - sharing).
Feminists often moan about "patriarchy". Another word for Patriarchy is "Reality".
At the very bottom line of every argument, every dispute, every power vacuum, is the question: who is going to be left standing if the fists start flying here - and its not women.
Check out the animal kingdom - 99.9% of species there follow the exact same pattern.
Nature / reality is patriarchal; if a religion supports this then it is only acknolwedging reality, its not inventing some divine right for men (which doesnt exist, because men and women are equals).
